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Chances are, if this system exists it will be accessible by only a very small number of people and kept a secret from the others with obfuscation and compartmentalization. So we'd need a very specific leaker out of a small group of people. It would be akin to hoping we'll see the secrets of the "nuclear football".

Now one day over-the-counter quantum computers will probably become a reality. In that age we'll see more information on it because the secret will be no secret at all.

That might happen if you handle dry cleaning for the white house: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2010/10/21/abc-no...

I'm surprised they didn't mention Reagan. When he got shot the codes were lost in the hospital and found on the floor later.

What secrets about the football? It's a Haliburton aluminum suitcase with a radio, a book describing the options, and a Marine handcuffed to the end of it. This is all from Wikipedia.

From that description you should be able to build one yourself..

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